Garrett downplays Pro Bowl snub of Bryant

Despite ranking second in the NFL with 12 TD catches and fourth in the NFC in yards with 1,311, Cowboys WR Dez Bryant won’t be going to the Pro Bowl.

“I don’t want to get into the specifics of all that,” Cowboys coach Jason Garrett told reporters Thursday in Irving when asked about OLB DeMarcus Ware and TE Jason Witten being the only two Cowboys to earn trips to Hawaii. “There were some other guys on our team that we thought had Pro Bowl-type years. But guys get selected for a lot of different reasons and these guys need to feel good about how they played. A number of guys on our team need to feel good abo0ut how they played regardless of what the Pro Bowl ballotting was.”

Garrett also made it clear that the Cowboys put winning ahead of what he called individual accolades.

“It’s a great honor for DeMarcus and for Jason Witten and those guys are very well deserving of that,” Garrett said. “It’s a great honor for DeMarcus and for Jason Witten and those guys are very well deserving of that. The Pro Bowl gets picked for a couple of different reasons and that’s just the way it’s been for a long time. Certainly, Dez has had as good a year as any receiver in the National Football League and his impact on our team has been really signficant.”